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April 18, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory -- the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it -- coordinate intentional focus and short-term storage of ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — It's not a single pesticide or virus stressing honey bees, and affecting their health, but exposure to a complex web of multiple interacting stressors encountered while at work pollinating crops, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. The findings suggest that this brown dwarf might generate aurorae similar to ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of this ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to waste ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — New research has highlighted an area in Arabia that once acted as a key point for cultural exchanges and trades amongst ancient people -- and it all took place in vast caves and lava tubes that have ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. These changes could transform tundras from carbon ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Pioneering study reveals that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce the global economic costs of climate change by two thirds. If warming continues to 3 degrees Celsius, global ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 — The Warm Arctic-Cold Continent (WACC) phenomenon is the puzzling combination of Arctic warming and extreme coldness in specific mid-latitude regions. However, the progression of WACC events remains ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been termed goldene. According to researchers, this has given the gold new ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the existence of discrete number sense in rats, offering a crucial animal model for investigating the ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A new study charts the family history of Arabica, the world's most popular coffee species, through Earth's heating and cooling periods over the last ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also becoming saltier and more corrosive. A recent study compiled research from experts worldwide showing that in ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists. The team is the first to successfully reproduce the ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have found that microplastics -- are having a significant impact on our digestive pathways, making their way from the gut and into the tissues of the kidney, liver and ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that an FDA-approved epilepsy drug can prevent or slow the growth of NF1-linked optic gliomas in mice, laying the groundwork for a clinical ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Over a ten-year period, biobank participants who met recommended levels of physical activity had a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and the protective effects were even more pronounced in ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have laid the foundations for tissue-specific gene expression, according to a new study. The ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the U.S. that leverages the potential of carbon-financing could save a staggering $15.6 billion and just under 30 ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Sports, beyond entertainment, foster community and belonging, benefiting both individuals and society. Despite its recognized positive effects, limited evidence exists on the link between watching ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a range of personalities, each with its own lifestyle. Biologists report on a surprising discovery: ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — The technology revolution and development of new renewable energy resources is driving demand for lithium to new heights, but it is not a common mineral. Scientists say they have found lithium in an ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Chimpanzees and bonobos are often thought to reflect two different sides of human nature -- the conflict-ready chimpanzee versus the peaceful bonobo -- but a new study shows that, within their own ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — An international research team has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission from their astrospheres, and placed constraints on the ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Wildebeest migrations have become a rarer sight in Africa as humans continue to interrupt their historic migratory routes with roads, fences, cities, livestock and farmland. This has led to genetic ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Plastic Pollution Can Kill Variety of Ocean Embryos
- A Single Atom Layer of Gold: Researchers Create Goldene
- Can Animals Count?
- Newly Sequenced Genome Reveals Coffee's Prehistoric Origin Story -- And Its Future Under Climate Change
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Hidden Threat: Global Underground Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise
- How Pluto Got Its Heart
- Microplastics Make Their Way from the Gut to Other Organs
- Epilepsy Drug Prevents Brain Tumors in Mice With NF1
- Physical Activity Reduces Stress-Related Brain Activity to Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk
- Evolution's Recipe Book: How 'copy Paste' Errors Cooked Up the Animal Kingdom
- Switch to Green Wastewater Infrastructure Could Reduce Emissions and Provide Huge Savings According to New Research
- Tropical Forests Can't Recover Naturally Without Fruit-Eating Birds
- The Joy of Sports: How Watching Sports Can Boost Well-Being
- Even the Simplest Marine Organisms Tend to Be Individualistic
- Pyrite, Also Known as Fool's Gold, May Contain Valuable Lithium, a Key Element for Green Energy
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Bonobos Are More Aggressive Than Previously Thought, Study Shows
- Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst of All Time Came from the Collapse of a Massive Star
- Stellar Winds of Three Sun-Like Stars Detected for the First Time
- Iconic Savanna Mammals Face Genetic Problems Due to Fences and Roads
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Beautiful Nebula, Violent History: Clash of Stars Solves Stellar Mystery
- Star Trek's Holodeck Recreated Using ChatGPT and Video Game Assets
- Breakthrough Promises Secure Quantum Computing at Home
- Oxidant Pollutant Ozone Removes Mating Barriers Between Fly Species
- Ocean Currents Threaten to Collapse Antarctic Ice Shelves
- Cloud Engineering Could Be More Effective 'painkiller' For Global Warming Than Previously Thought
- Parkinson's Disease: New Theory on the Disease's Origins and Spread
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Pacific Cities Much Older Than Previously Thought
- The Hidden Role of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian Mythology
- How the Body Switches out of 'fight' Mode
- New Drug Prevents Flu-Related Inflammation and Lung Damage
- Researchers Discover How We Perceive Bitter Taste
- 3D Mouth of an Ancient Jawless Fish Suggests They Were Filter-Feeders, Not Scavengers or Hunters
- Breakthrough for Next-Generation Digital Displays
- Connecting Lab-Grown Brain Cells Provides Insight Into How Our Own Brains Work
- Revolutionary Molecular Device Unleashes Potential for Targeted Drug Delivery and Self-Healing Materials
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Tiny Plastic Particles Are Found Everywhere
- What's Quieter Than a Fish? A School of Them
- Blood Protein Could Help Detect Delayed Concussion Recovery in Children
- Do Some Mysterious Bones Belong to Gigantic Ichthyosaurs?
- After Being Insulted, Writing Down Your Feelings on Paper Then Getting Rid of It Reduces Anger
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Pregnancy Accelerates Biological Aging in a Healthy, Young Adult Population
- Engineers Design Soft and Flexible 'skeletons' For Muscle-Powered Robots
- Toothed Whale Echolocation Organs Evolved from Jaw Muscles
- A Friendly Pat on the Back Can Improve Performance in Basketball
- How the Moon Turned Itself Inside out
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
- New Study Highlights the Benefit of Touch on Mental and Physical Health
- Mediterranean Marine Worm Has Developed Enormous Eyes
- Telescope Detects Unprecedented Behavior from Nearby Magnetar
Friday, April 5, 2024
- A Simple, Inexpensive Way to Make Carbon Atoms Bind Together
- RNA That Doesn't Age
- CHEOPS Detects a 'rainbow' On an Exoplanet
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Stellar Collisions Produce Strange, Zombie-Like Survivors
- Finds at Schöningen Show Wood Was Crucial Raw Material 300,000 Years Ago
- Discovery of How Limiting Damage from an Asthma Attack Could Stop Disease
- First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe
- With the Planet Facing a 'polycrisis', Biodiversity Researchers Uncover Major Knowledge Gaps
- Heat Flows the Secret to Order in Prebiotic Molecular Kitchen
- Mitochondrial Roles in Antiviral Immunity Modify Manifestations of Neurological Diseases
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Out of the Park: New Research Tallies Total Carbon Impact of Tourism at Yellowstone
- NASA's Webb Probes an Extreme Starburst Galaxy
- Evolution in Action? New Study Finds Possibility of Nitrogen-Fixing Organelles
- Early Dinosaurs Grew Up Fast, but They Weren't the Only Ones
- Researchers Map How the Brain Regulates Emotions
- 'Smart Swarms' Of Tiny Robots Inspired by Natural Herd Mentality
- Researchers Visualize Quantum Effects in Electron Waves
- Discovery Could End Global Amphibian Pandemic
- Plastic-Free Vegan Leather That Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria
- Intelligent Liquid
- We've Had Bird Evolution All Wrong
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- First Results from BREAD Experiment Demonstrate a New Approach to Searching for Dark Matter
- 100 Kilometers of Quantum-Encrypted Transfer
- Australia on Track for Unprecedented, Decades-Long Megadroughts
Monday, April 1, 2024
- I Spy With My Speedy Eye: Scientists Discover Speed of Visual Perception Ranges Widely in Humans
- Universal Brain-Computer Interface Lets People Play Games With Just Their Thoughts
- Chatbot Outperformed Physicians in Clinical Reasoning in Head-to-Head Study
- Researchers Produce Grafts That Replicate the Human Ear
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Mechanism Found to Determine Which Memories Last
- New Imaging Method Illuminates Oxygen's Journey in the Brain
- Cell Division Quality Control 'stopwatch' Uncovered
- DNA Study IDs Descendants of George Washington from Unmarked Remains, Findings to Aid Service Member IDs Going Back to World War II
- Alcohol Raises Heart Disease Risk, Particularly Among Women
- Unlocking Supernova Stardust Secrets
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Long-Period Oscillations Control the Sun's Differential Rotation
- Persistent Hiccups in a Far-Off Galaxy Draw Astronomers to New Black Hole Behavior
- Robot, Can You Say 'cheese'?
- Researchers Turn Back the Clock on Cancer Cells to Offer New Treatment Paradigm
- Making Long-Term Memories Requires Nerve-Cell Damage
- More Efficient TVs, Screens and Lighting
- Sweet Success: Sugarcane's Complex Genetic Code Cracked
- Scientists Extract Genetic Secrets from 4,000-Year-Old Teeth to Illuminate the Impact of Changing Human Diets Over the Centuries
- Want to Feel Young? Protect Your Sleep
- Did You Know That Physical Activity Can Protect You from Chronic Pain?
- Risk Factors for Faster Aging in the Brain Revealed in New Study
- Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way's Central Black Hole
- Distant 'space Snowman' Unlocks Mystery of How Some Dormant Deep Space Objects Become 'ice Bombs'
- A Decade of Aphantasia Research: What We've Learned About People Who Can't Visualize
- Hidden Geometry of Learning: Neural Networks Think Alike
- Milk on Ice: Antarctic Time Capsule of Whole Milk Powder Sheds Light on the Enduring Qualities--and Evolution--of Dairy Products Past and Present